“House of representatives” to consider recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in October

Lukashenka said Belarus “should have supported Russia long ago for moral reasons.”

The “house of representatives” is to consider an issue on recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia at a session in October.

“The issue will be discussed at the session, when we’ll have results of an opinion poll,” Lukashenka said in Lithuania last evening. “My opinion reflects the opinion of the people. When the parliament says it opinion, I’ll make a decision on the ground of the people’s view,” Lukashenka said.

The Belarusian ruler emphasized he wouldn’t stand any demands and pressure “even from a brotherly country”. “It’s no sense in pressing on me, so nobody tries to do this,” Lukashenka stressed. He also noted Belarus “should have supported Russian for moral reasons”.

We remind that Minsk refused to consider the issue of recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia that became an unpleasant surprise for Moscow. As a result, Russian refused to give economic preferences for Belarus and grant a 100-million-ruble loan.

Lukashenka in turn blamed Russia of failing to fulfil the bilateral economic agreements and even said border control between the two countries, removed in 1996, might be imposed again.

Experts say the Belarusian dictator will continue playing on contradictions of Russia and the EU, dragging on recognition of the republics as long as possible and trying to get preferences from both sides.